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Home » Homemade » Learn How to Make Super Fun Air Dry Clay for Your Kids

Learn How to Make Super Fun Air Dry Clay for Your Kids

July 15, 2016 By Vanessa Beaty 18 Comments

Learn How to Make Super Fun Air Dry Clay for Your Kids {Video}Summertime is awesome because it makes my job as a mom easier. My kids keep themselves entertained running around outside (I just need to be ready with the mop to clean up in the mudroom). But come fall, I know we’re going to get a lot of rainy afternoons. In fact, we’ve had some unseasonably rainy weather this summer. So I am already looking or fun activities we can do indoors.

My kids are right at the ages where they love sensory play activities like these. In particular, they love gooey stuff like this slime. I was stoked when I ran into this video which teaches you how to make easy DIY air dry clay:

Video:

This clay is gooey fun and it dries after a couple of hours just sitting out in the open air; there is no need to bake it! So your kids can have some sensory fun but also work on art projects which will last.

In case you can’t watch the video, here are the ingredients:

  • 4 ounces of cornstarch
  • 4 ounces of glue
  • 1 tablespoons of vegetable or baby oil
  • 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or white vinegar

You just mix it all together and it is ready to go! If you want, you can add in food coloring to get fun colors—or you can just leave it white so your kids can paint it for even more creative fun! Enjoy! Tutorial and video by Whatsupmoms.

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  1. Jerri dyke says

    July 20, 2016 at 4:42 pm

    Great instructions! Shared this on our business page on Pinterest “Windmill Apparel”, giving credit to you, of course!
    Now what to do with it after we make it!???

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  2. JJ'smom says

    July 22, 2016 at 4:05 pm

    Thank you for sharing!

    I quickly noticed a step must be missing when following your written instructions (we don’t have fast internet to watch videos). Microwaving and kneeding after mixing are key parts to making this clay.

    I can’t wait for my step daughter to get here, she is going to be so excited to have clay to play with!!!!!

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    • Vanessa Beaty says

      July 22, 2016 at 4:32 pm

      Thanks for the correction! Have fun with it! <3

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      • isley says

        October 8, 2016 at 9:50 pm

        um how do you do that?????????????

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      • irma says

        February 12, 2018 at 6:23 pm

        Your recipe also says ONE table spoon of oil, but in the video you mention TWO table spoons of oil. Which one is correct?

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  3. Patricia says

    October 2, 2016 at 10:35 pm

    I can believe i found this site thank you for going on pintrest im so so happy thank you you have saved my santy

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  4. miep says

    October 4, 2016 at 8:01 pm

    What a fantastic idea! I’ll try it at school and post the results! Thanks!!
    xxx

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  5. Susie says

    October 26, 2016 at 8:38 pm

    I was wondering if my granddaughters could make beads out of this. They want to make jewelry for gifts. Is it fairly durable after it dries? We made baking soda clay and it was not suitable for this project. It was way to fragile.

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  6. Tehila says

    December 15, 2016 at 12:20 am

    What do you do if you don’t have a microwave?

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  7. Rachel says

    March 13, 2017 at 6:19 pm

    Unfortunately the clay was so sticky . I followed the video and it’s just sticking to the kids hands. Thanks

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    • Vanessa Beaty says

      March 14, 2017 at 8:24 am

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ef-U6aZEoI this is the clay you should create for such projects, hope this helps! Vanessa

      Reply
  8. Sarah says

    June 6, 2017 at 1:39 pm

    omg this idea is amazingg.. i am so excited to try this. I just hope this works

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  9. Loretta says

    June 11, 2017 at 6:41 pm

    I followed the video exactly and all I got was a crumbly messing resembling thick mashed potatoes. Any idea what went wrong?

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    • Shannon says

      May 28, 2019 at 7:31 pm

      Same here. Crumbly, not moldable at all. I tried adding water…big mistake! Any suggestions on how to fix this?

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  10. Susan says

    February 6, 2018 at 12:05 am

    Hope it works but I’m a kid so it’s always messy for me!!!!!!

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    • charlotte says

      July 13, 2018 at 10:08 pm

      i’m 11, a kid and it turned out perfect. i just have a gift for doing things?

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  11. ashley says

    June 4, 2018 at 6:06 am

    i followed the video and my clay turned out to be a crumbly instead of smooth like it should look it falls apart easily and its not making the tear drop when i tear it apart its just comes apart and its a mess do you know what went wrong?

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  12. ritika says

    July 4, 2018 at 3:57 pm

    hi!! wanted to know will this dough last for a year in an air tight container. But the dough will be used frequently.

    Reply

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